The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-07

May 1s-Believing that God had called upon
her to make a sacrifice, an insane widow named
Donnan. living in Lincoln County West Va,
cut the throats of her three little daughters and
then killed herself.
July 9--Post-ofhce at Minneapolis, Mimi,
robbed OF $4,000
June 9-At Stanford, Vt, Mrs William Sloane
drowned her four year old son to spite her hus-
band, who became insane,
June 21--Work Of empanneling a jury in Chi
ago Anarchists cases, in the criminal court
Judge Cary, begun. A. r. Parsons, who had
peen in hiding, appeared for trial. Jury OBJ
tanned on July Is, trial commenced the next day.
and on August 20 Spies, Fielden, Fischer,
guilty of the murder of Policeman began and
sentenced to be hanged December g. Oscar
Neebe sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment
Motion for new trial oyerruled by Judge Gary
October Judge Scott, Of the State Supreme
Court, granted writ of error November %.
New England Institute Fair, Boston, burned by
| discharged employees. Many lives lost, and prop
erty worth Ss5O, 600 destroyed.
June 25--Four men at Parsons, Kan, found
guilty of conspiracy during the Southwestern
railway strike.
Ill, for murder Of Alderman Gaynor, of Chicago.
July 27--Charles Engel, one of the most daring
burglars in the country, captured by Chicago de-
tectives, and sent to Newport r. l.
Aug. 5-Alfred Packer a miner Of Colorado,
accused Of numbering and eating five human
bodies sentenced to forty years in penitentiary.
Aug. 12-Mrs. Sarah Robinson, of Boston,
arrested, charged with poisoning eleven mem
bers Of her family.
Aug. 26-Kansas lad. Willie Sells, who muir
dered his father, mother, sister and brother,
sentenced to imprisonment for life
Sept. 15-Residence Of Thomas Lowry, one of
the wealthiest citizens Of Minneapolis, robbed
to extent of $50 900.
Oct. 4-Wilham j. Gallagher, notorious in
connection with Chicago election frauds,
| arrested for forging county treasurers name to
special assessment receipt.
Oct. 7-Pres1dent pardons three Mormon
Bishops, sentenced to three years imprison-
ment at Detroit.
Oct. 25-An express car ON San Francisco
road robbed Of $4,000, near Pacific, NO,
the messenger, Fotheringham, being subse-
quently arrested for the crime. He was found
bound and gagged, and claimed that he had
been robbed by Jim Cummings the last of
the Jesse James gang.
Nov. DIR. w. H. Palmer of the Jackson
MISS penitentiary, dismissed, being charged
with assisting convicts to secure pardon.
Nov. 19-John Arensdorf, the brewer, indicted
for murder OF Rev. George c. Haddock, at Sioux
City.
Dec 9-Gang Of four men and two women,
counterfeiters of nic5els, arrested at Cairo Ill
Union Club of New York discovered that it had
been robbed of 100000 annually by combina-
ton OF servants with tradeSmen. Arrest of
Trenton IN. j. aldermen on charges Of bribery.
Dec. 10--Three meR arrested at Fndlay o.,
charged with plotting to burn and plumber the
city; one made confession to that effect.
Dec. l1-William Reed, formerly treasurer of
South Boston Horse-railroad, pleaded guilty to
embezzl ng 100000.
Dec IA man named Sanders burned to
death near GAINESVILLE, Ca, for decapitating
John Swilling, his wife and three children and
firing the premises, that he might obtain forty
dollars in the house
Dec 16-Socety of negroes discovered in
York County. S. c., whose objects were robbery
and theft and the murder of those who opposed
them; two murders already traced to them.
Dec. 2O-A. j. McQuade, a New York DOODLE
| or on rin nj md
5000 and sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment.
Dec 20.-A family feud Of fifty years standing
ended at dance IL Indian Territory by Sam
| Star and Ben Foreman, two notorious despera-
! does. shooting each other dead.
Dec. 24-"Jim" Cummings and two other men
arrested in Chicago for the Adams express rob
cry on the st. Louis & San Francisco road for
which crime Messenger Fotheringham had pre-
viously been arrested James Embree Mem
phis, Tenn, killed Georgia Bissin, and then
himself; cause jealousy 80. While insane Mrs.
Druger, near Rushville, Neb., killed her three
children and then herself
FIRES.
Jan. 1.-The seed house of D. NJ. Ferry & Co.,
| Whites Grand Theater, and Wesson Block,
at Detroit Mich, destroyed; loss 81 100000.
Jan. 3-The Southern Hotel, New Orleans,
totally destroyed. and number Of men killed
or injured.
Jan. 10-Great wooden mills burned at phila-
delpha; loss 81, 100000
Jan. 9a-~'The Reading road lost nearly. 81 ,00o,-
GOO by the burning OF the engine house at Ma
| honey Plane, Pa. :. Building and stock of the
Ryan drug house at ST. Paul, Mimi, burned;
| loss, S250,000
Feb. 2l-At Wilmington, N. c., flames origi.
mating on q cotton steamer swept along Water
| street for three blocks, consuming ii, 100000
| worth of property.
Feb. 23-The dry-goods house of Mannhemer
$150O0O.
Feb. 24.-Depot and sheds OF the Cypress Hill
street railway in Brooklyn destroyed. Loss
! over 100000.
Mar. 6-At Akron, O., the extensive mills
| of F. Schumacher and the railway station ad-
joining, burned, Loss, S1,0O,O00.
| Mar. IA fire on the pier of the Monarch
loss of $50O,000.
Mar. 19-Burning of city hall at Vall River,
Mass, and all municipal records Loss, $3.50 900.
Mar. 2t-A fire at Helena, Ark destroyed
| three valuable blocks, including opera house
and postot1ice. Loss, 100000.
| Mar. 2S-Great railway shops of Northern
Pacific at Brainerd, Num-, destroyed. Loss,
! 100000.
Mar. 3o-A fire which broke out in the Car
| los Theater, Key West Fla, burned the greater
portion of the city. Loss, Sl,500000.
Apr. GA fire which commenced in John
! Pauls MILL at La Crosse, Wis., spread rapidly
and caused the destruction of much property.
| Many families rendered homeless. Loss esti-
| mated at 81, 100000.
|, Apr. Gem City FIGURING mills at Quincy
ILL.,, burned Loss, 100000.
Apr l2-Boston Block at Minneapolis, Mimi,
in which were the postoft1ce and business
firms, burned; also library of the Bar AS
Apr 1S-At San Luis Obispo, Cal, Andrew
Hotel the poSt-otfice, and other large buildings
burned. Loss S125,000.
Apr. 27-Freight and passenger depots OF the
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan road at Wa
bash, ind, struck by lightning and destroyed;
loss heavy.
notions a baltimore
The furniture store of L. & e. Emanuel and
publishing house Of A. L. Bancroft & Co., at
| San Francisco, burned; loss $4,000.
| May 3-Business portion of Fairview, Pa de-
| stroyed
May 26-Publishing house Of Belford Clarke
| & Co. Chicago, burned; loss S1,00oOOO.
May 21-Hoisting and pumping machinery of
Grand Central line at Tombstone, A. T., de-
stroyed Loss S250,000.
June 7-Grand Theater at Louisville de-
stroyed;. also Kentucky School of Medicine
damaged. Loss. 100000.
June 1S-The Gooden ,h North Star Saw
mills, at Minneapolis, Mimi, burned. Loss,
S155,000.
June 25-A fire originating in an oil house at Pc
oria, H., destroyed freight depot of Pekin road,
and thirty cars Loss, SG50,O00.
July 5-By accidental explosion of fire works
at Harlem, N. Y, three stores burned. Loss,
| &215,000.
July 11-Most disastrous forest ares which
had ever visited Northwestern Wisconsin oc-
CURED at this time.
HuAS 20 ktS III tNldpp. oNOuJ ~ 10 5 Jumper
yard, st. Louis, destroyed $4,000 worth of
property.
Aug. S-Spencer Wis, almost entirely de.
stroyed by forest fires. One thousand persons
were homeless. Loss, S200,000.
Aug l1-Forest fires still raging in the north
ern part of the country, doing great damage.
Aug 15-Forest fires in Wisconsin extin-
guished by heavy rains.
Aug. 17-Business portion of Tulare, Cal, de-
stroyed by incendiary fire. Loss, S250,OO0
Aug. 1S-Sandusky, o.. steel works entirely
consumed by incendiary fire. Loss, S20000O.
Aug 2l-At San Francisco nearly S2,00O,oO0
worth of property burned, consisting of bust
ness blocks and residences.
Aug. 29-Large passenger steamer Daniel
Drew, entirely destroyed by fire, of Kingston
Point, N. Y. Loss, S150,009.
Sept. "A loss of $780, 900 was occasioned in
Erie yard at Jersey City, N. j., by a kerosene
explosion.
Sept. 16-The largest saw mill in the United
States at Chippewa Falls, Wis, burned. Loss
&250,000
Sept ia fire at Council Grove, Kan. de-
stroyed property valued at $4,000 An i'm
mense packing house built by Fowler Bros. at
Atchison, Kan, struck by lightning. Loss $780,
600.
Oct. 15-Every business house at PASSPORT
Me, destroyed by fire. Loss, $50l000
oct. l1--Ffre at Salisbury, Nd, swept over
the entire village, causing loss of over s, co.,
wv worth of property.....A fire, supposed
10 De lncenolary, swept away one-half of Stock